1.Overview
Total electricity sales volume by Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., for the month of July 2006 came to about 720,300 million kWh, up about 1.7% from July 2005.
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(1)Customers Other Than Large-Scale Industrial Customers
In the residential sector, despite the lower temperature than last year, which caused less demand in air-conditioning, sales volume remained unchanged from the previous year due to the increase demand from newly developed customers in business sector.
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Average temperature ( in Kyushu 7 prefectures)
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( ℃ )
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June
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July
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Early
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Mid
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Late
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Ave.
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Early
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Mid
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Late
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Ave.
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Actual
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21.7
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23.7
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25.1
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23.5
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26.4
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28.9
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27.5
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27.6
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Compare to the last year
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1.5
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0.0
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2.1
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1.2
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0.1
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1.3
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1.0
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0.0
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Compare to average
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0.0
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0.9
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1.1
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0.7>
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0.7
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1.8
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0.3
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0.7
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(2)Large-Scale Industrial Customers
Increased sales in main industries except pulps and papers brought sales volume up by 6.3% from the previous year. The sales volume has exceeded previous year for 31 months in a row.
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2.Sales Volume by Sector/Use
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Actual Sales
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Compare to the last year
(Last year =100)
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Cumulative sales for FY2006 compare to FY2005
(FY2005=100)
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Demand other than those under Liberalization
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Lightning
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2,191,116
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100.9
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102.5
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Power
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Low Voltage
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499,264
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92.2
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93.3
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Others
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70,352
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86.5
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93.4
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Total
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2,760,732
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98.8
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100.7
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Demand under Liberalization
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Business
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1,793,844
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102.6
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104.1
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Industrial
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2,648,220
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104.5
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104.9
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Total
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4,442,064
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103.7
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104.6
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Electricity Sales Total
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7,202,796
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101.7
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103.0
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(Figures are included above)
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Customers other than large-scale industrial
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5,153,750
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100.0
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101.7
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Large-scale industrial customers
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2,049,046
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106.3
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106.5
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(3)Breakdown of Large-Scale Industrial Sales
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Actual Sales
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Compare to the last year
(Last year =100)
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Cumulative sales for FY2006 compare to FY2005
(FY2005=100)
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Machinery
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Electric
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577,186
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105.7
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105.3
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Transportation
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112,243
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108.2
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113.8
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Others
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45,974
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110.2
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111.3
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Total
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715,402
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106.4
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106.9
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Steel and Iron
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199,247
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112.6
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107.5
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Chemicals
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189,696
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123.2
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114.4
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Clay and Stone
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103,143
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106.6
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114.7
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(Cement)
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(60,390)
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97.1
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111.0
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Foodstuffs
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173,848
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107.4
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108.4
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Pulps and Papers
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23,791
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73.5
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81.3
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Non-ferrous Metals
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100,665
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114.0
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111.1
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Others
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543,253
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99.7
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101.8
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Total
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2,049,046
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106.3
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106.5
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